The Journal of Economic History is an academic journal

Academic journal

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 of economic history

Economic history

Economic history is the study of economies or economic phenomena in the past. Analysis in economic history is undertaken using a combination of historical methods, statistical methods and by applying economic theory to historical situations and institutions...

 which has been published since 1941. Many of its articles are quantitative, often following the formal approaches that have been called cliometrics or the new economic history to make statistical estimates.

The journal is published on behalf of the Economic History Association

Economic History Association

Economic History Association is an organization founded in 1940, dedicated to "encourage and promote teaching, research, and publication on every phase of economic history, broadly defined"....

 by Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

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. Its editors are Jean-Laurent Rosenthal and Price V. Fishback. Its 2009 impact factor

Impact factor

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is 0.691.